Var
The Var is a river located in the southeast of France. It is 114 km long. Its drainage basin is 2,812 km2. The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Southern France
- Also known as: “Fiume Varo”, “fleuve Var”, “le Var”, “Le Var Fleuve”, “Le Var Rivière”, “rio Var”, “vallée du Var”, “Var (rivier)”, “Var floden”, “Var River”, and “Вар (річка)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Nice Côte d’Azur International Airport and Saint-Laurent-du-Var station.
Nice Côte d’Azur International Airport
Aerodrome
Cap 3000
Shopping center
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Villeneuve-Loubet
Town
Var
- Categories: main stem and body of water
- Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.66241° or 43° 39′ 45″ north
Longitude
7.19948° or 7° 11′ 58″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8FM9M56X+XQ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Var” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر الڤار”
- Belarusian: “Вар”
- Breton: “Var”
- Bulgarian: “Вар”
- Catalan: “Riu Var”
- Cebuano: “Var”
- Chinese: “瓦尔河”
- Chinese: “瓦河”
- Chuvash: “Вар”
- Czech: “Var”
- Danish: “Var”
- Dutch: “Var”
- Esperanto: “Var”
- Estonian: “Var”
- Estonian: “Vari jõgi”
- Finnish: “Var”
- French: “Var”
- Galician: “río Var”
- Galician: “Río Var”
- German: “Var”
- Greek: “Βαρ”
- Hebrew: “נהר ואר”
- Hindi: “वार नदी”
- Irish: “Var”
- Italian: “Var”
- Italian: “Varo”
- Japanese: “ヴァール川 (フランス)”
- Latin: “Varus”
- Lithuanian: “Varas”
- Luxembourgish: “Var (Floss)”
- Luxembourgish: “Var”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Var”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Var”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Var”
- Persian: “ور”
- Polish: “Var”
- Portuguese: “Rio Var”
- Romanian: “Râul Var, Franța”
- Romanian: “Râul Var”
- Russian: “Вар”
- Serbian: “Вар”
- Slovenian: “Var”
- Spanish: “Río Var”
- Spanish: “Var”
- Swedish: “Var”
- Ukrainian: “Вар”
- Vlaams: “Var (riviere)”
- Vlaams: “Var”
- Welsh: “Afon Var”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nice Saint-Augustin and Les Moulins.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: St-Laurent du Var Railway Station and Port Saint Laurent du Var.
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